Do any of you believe that the US government will ever mass confiscate all civilian firearms in the United States? what do you think would happen if we wake up one day and they start confiscating our firearms?

No, not like that.
1. You will see a gradual elimination of certain styles of guns, ammunition, and magazines.
2. Will be making certain styles of guns, ammunition, and magazines illegal to sell.
3. Will be making certain styles of guns, ammunition and magazines illegal to import or export.
4. Will be adding to the styles of 1,2 & 3, with taxes levied on the remaining.
5. Will be a call for good citizens to voluntarily turn in guns to local governmental agencies.
6. Will be additional taxes to keep the few types that are still legal.
7. All guns will be registered and ammunition can be purchased from the government only.
8. It will be illegal to sell any gun.
9. Only criminals will have the remaining guns.

I do not see the "door to door" approach happening, either. I believe some LEOs would accept such an assignment and some would not. I also believe that many that accepted the assignment would change their mind after they heard the inevitable stories of people fighting back and refusing to give them up. I am in no way endorsing such actions, merely stating that I believe many would not react positively to such a confiscation.

Listen for the words you will hear them. "reasonable restriction" Restriction we can all agree on" No one needs a ____.
Want to have some fun join one of your local anit-gun groups sit it on meeting, heck get elected to office it is really fun we you get busted.

In reality the Govt. has a lot more time on Earth than we do as individuals. So really all they have to do is see that the schools continue to poison the young kids minds and make them believe that firearms are inherently bad and evil and eventually guns fade away by just being Grandfathered out of existence.

Which is why the shooting sports that get kids involved in the shooting sports are so doggone important to the survival of gun ownership.

In reality the Govt. has a lot more time on Earth than we do as individuals. So really all they have to do is see that the schools continue to poison the young kids minds and make them believe that firearms are inherently bad and evil and eventually guns fade away by just being Grandfathered out of existence.

Which is why the shooting sports that get kids involved in the shooting sports are so doggone important to the survival of gun ownership.

Gradualism is the way it will probably happen, short of a second civil war. If that happens, all bets are off. I would prefer to think that enough people will wake up before it is too late. I think we are currently seeing some rumblings from those who have a clue, or are figuring it out. Maybe it isn't too late.

Listen for the words you will hear them. "reasonable restriction" Restriction we can all agree on" No one needs a ____.
Want to have some fun join one of your local anit-gun groups sit it on meeting, heck get elected to office it is really fun we you get busted.

This type of question is where I try not to let my beliefs and feelings not cloud my answer. My feelings and beliefs are no way it will never happen, how can they ever mess with the 2nd Amendment and our constitutional rights? But as one other poster mentioned Never say Never. And In light of recent and past events, and the actions currently being proposed, it is plausible that they would attempt this extreme opportunity to do so.

Not a question of how can they. Over the years they have been "watering down" not only the 2nd amendment but others. Due to the recent shootings they are once again gearing up to dump some more "water".

I can envision at some point down the line when guns will be banned in America. "They" have been chipping away at it for years with many successes I might add.

There was a recent thread concerning the thoughts of Supreme Court Justice Scalia.

No, not like that.
1. You will see a gradual elimination of certain styles of guns, ammunition, and magazines.
2. Will be making certain styles of guns, ammunition, and magazines illegal to sell.
3. Will be making certain styles of guns, ammunition and magazines illegal to import or export.
4. Will be adding to the styles of 1,2 & 3, with taxes levied on the remaining.
5. Will be a call for good citizens to voluntarily turn in guns to local governmental agencies.
6. Will be additional taxes to keep the few types that are still legal.
7. All guns will be registered and ammunition can be purchased from the government only.
8. It will be illegal to sell any gun.
9. Only criminals will have the remaining guns.

What are you doing to either help or hinder this process?

For my part, I maintain a constant pull in the other direction; allowing guns on schools, in all places accessible to the public witch are not otherwise restricted by law (private businesses, libraries, etc), combating a mandatory permits and/or reducing the requirements for the permit, etc.

I know I will probably never get my way 100%, but I have to fight for it anyway because the government and anti-gun types are pulling in the other direction (total ban) hard. They'll never quit, and so neither can I.

In truth I'm actually comfortable with most gun laws as they are right now. However, as soon as I and other like-minded folks relax, the pull will go in the other direction, and so we must fight on.

It's already started. We may take a step forward here and there, but over time they will keep whittling away until it is gone. The only question is how long. The general population will be like a frog sitting in a pot of water with them slowly turning the heat up. Eventually, the water will be boiling and the frog is sitting there not even realizing that his butt is being cooked.